http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080724.RCREDITCARDS24/TPStory/National



By TARA PERKINS AND BRENT JANG

With a report from Jamie Komarnicki

July 24, 2008



WestJet has stopped allowing customers to check in with their credit 

cards at the self-service kiosks in 28 Canadian airports, as the federal 

Transport Minister seeks answers in the wake of an investigation into 

the security of the kiosks.



Visa started investigating after banks noticed apparent fraud on cards 

of some people who had flown out of Toronto.



While no one is saying exactly what pattern sparked the probe, Visa 

purchases are monitored by some of the world's most sophisticated 

algorithmic tools, called "neural networks," that watch for and flag 

irregular spending behaviour.



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